Jealous:
In Defense of
Ronald Weasley
In the Harry Potter fandom, there
are two characters that are hated
most often. These two characters
are Albus Dumbledore and Ronald
“Ron” Weasley.
I understand why people hate
Dumbledore, even though I don’t.
The hate for Ron, however, I find
confusing.
People say Ron was a lazy, stupid,
rude, horrible friend and the movies
didn’t help with that aspect, giving all
of his best lines to Hermione.
Whenever I hear others say this, I
wonder whether they have read the
books.
One of the things that people hate
most about Ron is the fact that he
gets jealous easily. It’s one of his
greatest flaws. However, people
don’t realize the reasons for said
jealousy.
Ron grew up in a large family with
five accomplished older brothers and
a younger sister who was the first girl
born in generations. He had no
special talents other than his second-
to-none abilities in chess and was
often left in the background.